duranurse

I graduate on July 30th. I am so excited. I am not going to work immediately as I am 5 months pregnant, and my baby is due first of Sept. I am going to take my boards, and hopefully start work in Jan of 2010.

i use the nursing diagnosis handbook by mosby. it's the eigth edition. i have used it for all my careplans so far and i really like it. for the stethoscope i purchased a littman, and have also been pleased with it. hope this helps.

yes, i feel the same way. i have 2 children, ages 6 and 8 and i feel like i am constantly putting them on the backburner. school has really taken over my life. i just recently found out that i am expecting my third child, and i have been so exhausted! not to mention going to school 3 days a week and clinicals 2 days a week. i have no time to study or clean my house or spend time with my family. it's very frustrating!

had my first skills check-off this week. we were checked off on vitals signs, pre and postoperative care, hemovac drains and jackson-pratt drains, sterile dressing change... it was nerve racking for me too, i passed everything!!! the next skills check off is catheters. should be fun. we also started working on how to do care plans today.

I wish I could do IV's. My school dosent allow us to do that. Congratulations!!!!

on class and lab days we wear regular clothes. when we start our clinicals we wear uniforms. our tops are white with college logo on them, and our pants are royal blue.

i also started on aug 25th, and my first couple of weeks have definately been hectic. we have 2 quiz's a week. i scored 100 on first quiz, and on my med term quiz i scored 96. this week, i have 3 tests. i have a test in a&p, nursing, med term. also we test out on our clinicals, which is bed baths, making an occupied bed, handwashing, rom, proper alignment.... i'm nervous about the clinical tests. we practiced on our classmates yesterday, and i forgot to do a lot of things. so far, it hasnt been that bad. but i know the worst is yet to come. hang in there everyone. the hard work will pay off!!!

we are also required to do ati testing. if we dont pass, we get another chance, if we dont pass that time, we do remediation, and if we dont pass a third time, we're out!!! havnet gotten my books yet, so i cant tell you what i think of them!

my program is from aug 25th-july 30th. we have pre-req's to take.

i feel your pain!! i have been studying for a quiz all weekend that i have tommorrow. i am so nervous. also have a med term vocab quiz. pn school is much harder than i thought!

lpn school for me has been crazy. i'm at the end of my first week, and it's 11:00 p.m. and i'm still up doing homework. i feel completely overwhelmed. i'm taking 18 credits which equals to 3 classes. i have between 5-10 chapters to read just for nursing a week. that dosent include at least 2 chapters for psch and 1 chapter for a&p. i keep thinking....when do i graduate again???

i know how you feel...i also start lpn school on monday, and so do my kids. my daughter will be starting 1st grade, and my son will be in 2nd. i am so nervous that i have been breaking out into hives for the last 2 weeks. not to mention i have a husband at home with a severe case of bell's palsy. i have been taking care of him and trying to get everything done before we all start back to school. i already have homework, and i'm stressing over that. i think tonight i will have a big glass of wine, sit back and relax and try to enjoy the ride!:wink2:

i start on the 25th as well, although i have already been given homework. my professor sent a letter stating what we should expect on the first day and assigned 5 chapters to read in one book, with corresponding workbook pages to complete and 2 chapters in medical terminology. i'm already getting a taste of what school will be like!

19 days for me!!! i cant wait!

i start on august 25th. i'm so excited but also sad because my kids start back to school on the same day. i know that all of the fun we had over the summer will be over, and all the work begins.